11 reasons X-Men: Days of Future Past is the best in the X-Men film series so far

Let me just start off by stating that X-Men: Days of Future Past is outstanding. It merges both the worlds of future and past perfectly.

What could have been messy and possibly incoherent due to the amount of sequels, prequels and sidequels that make up the rest of the X-Men film series, along with the fairly complicated plot line, Days of Future Past managed to weave the previous stories together effortlessly and navigate the time travelling plot like a boss.

X-Men: Days of Future Past is precision film making. It has wit, bite and style, and seriously, major kudos to Bryan Singer for creating what I think is the best in the series yet.

Below are 11 mostly spoiler free reasons why:

1. The future

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The future is bleak and filled with death. Seriously pretty much everywhere you look is death filled. From the mass graves and the many horrible ways that we get to experience mutants dying. The future is not safe for anyone, especially mutants. Also Professor X’s chair is awesome.

2. 70s Wolverine

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The swagger and effortless cool that emanates from Wolverine is upped massively. Wolverine was made for the 70s. Plus, I do love those bone claws.

3. Young Professor X

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Moody, self-obsessed, drinking too much, paralysed with regret and fear and mad as hell. James McAvoy makes this incarnation of the good professor seriously fun to watch without hamming it up. His performance is conflicted and always entertaining.

4. Mystique

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Jennifer Lawrence brings a vulnerability and spirit of steel to the role and her action scenes are seriously impressive. She is both moving, badass and enjoyably blue!

5. Young Magneto

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In every film Magneto is a bit of a douche and Michael Fassbender plays young Magneto as a single-minded man who wants the best for mutantkind and will literally do whatever he has to do to make that happen. And being a massive douche generally helps get the job done. His snarky attitude and love of chess, along with his awesome abilities are played by Fassbender to perfection. He is the kind of villain you can’t help but love and no matter what he does he is always truthful (which is a definite quality to admire), though that being said, he really does deserve the impressive punch in the face that he gets in the movie.

6. The chemistry

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In particular the chemistry between Fassbender and McAvoy as Magneto and Professor X is stunning. Their relationship is subtle yet explosive and always intense. As a whole the cast work off of each other well, and most of the relationships, especially Mystique and Magnetos have major sparkage.

7. The action

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Whether it is Beast tackling Wolverine, Sentinels trying to destroy the mutants, Magneto raising a football stadium or Mystique kicking the heck out of her many, many foes. The action is big, fun and very, very impressive.

8. The Sentinels

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The Sentinels of the past are giant robots that are very b-movie sci-fi (in a good way). The Sentinels of the future are scary, giant, and all powerful. They are not something anyone would want to go up against and the devastation they exact is crazy.

9. Quicksilver

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He is super-fast and great to watch and his part of the movie for me was the highlight.

10. The use of the other movies

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We get to see parts of the other movies in snippets here and there and it is done in a way that ties the story together. It is done especially well in a scene with Wolverine.

11. That scene with young Professor X and old Professor X

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This was intriguing in the trailer and outstanding in the film. One of the best bits of the movie!

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